Sheet-metal vessel.



No. 685,832. Patented Nov. 5, 19m.

w. GENDER. SHEET METAL VESSEL.

(Appiication filed Sept. 8, 1897.)

(.No Model.)

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WVILLIAM GENDER, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SHEET-METALVESSZEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Ijatnt No. 685,832, dated November5, 1901. Application filed September 8, 1897. Serial No. 650,912. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GENDER, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Sheet-Metal Vessels; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the .invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The main object of myinvention is to produce a light, strong, durable,and ineXpen-.

sive metallic carrying, measuring, and storing receptacle that may beused for the various purposes of wooden baskets and for other usesrequiring a watertight structure.

It consists in certain novel features of con.- struction, as hereinafterparticularly explained, and pointed out in the claims,

In the accompanying drawings like letters designate the same parts inthe several figures.

Figure 1 is a medial vertical section of a metallic vessel embodying myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1, ofa port-ion of the bottom; and Fig. 3 is an elevation of aslightly-modified construction.

The vessel or receptacle, which as a whole resembles in size and shapeand is designed to serve the purpose of an ordinary bushel: basket, iscomposed of a radially-corrugated cup-shaped sheet-metal bottom A and asheet metal top or side section B, joined at its lower edge to the edgeof the bottom by interlocking folds,form ing a water-tight seam orjointa.

The bottom A is preferably made of one piece of' metal Without seam orjoint and is preferably concaved on the under side, so that it willstand or ,rest squarely or firmly upon the margin only of its base.

metal, the radial corrugations rendering it stiff and firm andfacilitating its formation into cup shape Without breaking or tearingthe metal. The top section B is also made of thin light sheet metal andis formed, as

It is made of thin light sheet-steel or-other suitable,

shown in Fig. 1, with horizontal beading or fluting b, or, as shown inFig. 3, with vertical fluting or corrugations b to make it stiff andfirm. Around its upper edge it is rolled over a wire to form a finishingand stiffening rim 0.

The vessel is provided on opposite sides, at or near the top, withdrop-handles D for lift ing and carryingit. These bail-shaped handles,being pivotally attached to outwardlybent perforated ears on metal bandsd, which are riveted to the outside of the vessel just below the rim 0,fall when not in use loosely at its sides out of the way, asshown in thedrawings.

The vessel is preferably made of sheet-steel, and after the parts orsections are formed, assembled, and joined it is galvanized to preventits rusting and to give it a neat and attractive finish. By theconstruction of the bottom and the manner of joining the componentsections of the vessel, hereinbefore described, I am enabled to producea light strong durable vessel at a comparatively small cost.

I am aware that vessels of this character have been stamped or drawn ina single piece; but this mode of construction involves a number ofcupping and drawing operations and necessitates the employment of quitethick and heavy metal to withstand the great strain to which it issubjected by such operations, without tearing or breaking,so that theweight of the finished article and its cost practically preclude itsgeneral use for ordinary purposes. I am also aware that vessels of thischaracter have been made in sections, the side or body being verticallyfluted or corrugated and joined to the outer edge of a substantiallyfiat bottom or a bottom which is concave on the under side only, thusbringing the seam between the sections to the base on which the vesselstands or rests, where it is exposed to abrasion and dampness and is aptto soon become weak and leaky by reason of wear and rust.

. By my improved construction the seam between the bottom and side ortop sections is carried up above the base, where it is not ex posed towear and to moisture and is not lia- Die to'rust, and that portion ofthebotto'm on which the vessel rests or stands is without seam or joint.

I claim- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a carryi'ng, measuring andstoring vessel consist under side and having its central portionnoncorrugated, and a separately-formed sheetmetal side or top sectionjoined to the top edge of the cup'shaped bottom by a seam above the baseof the'bottom; substantially as described.

- 3. As an article of manufacture, a carrying, measuring andstoringVessel consisting of a seamless radially-corru gated cup-shaped bottom;and a separately-formed corrugated sheet-metal side or top joined to thetop edge of the cup-shaped bottom by a seam above the base of thebottom, substantially as described.

In testimony that I' claim the foregoing as myLown I afiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM GENDER.

\Vitnesses:

ALOIS MUnAWsKY, CHAS. L. Goss.

It is hereby certified that the name of the patentee in Letters PatentNo. 685,832, granted November 5, 1901, for an improvement in Sheet-MetalVessels, was erroneously Written and printed William Gender, Whereassaid name should have been written and printed William Geuder and thatthe said Letters Patent should he read with this oorreetion therein thatthe same may conform to the record of the ease in the Patent Office.

Signed, eountersigned, and sealed this 19th day of November, A. D.,1901.

[SEAL] F. L. CAMPBELL,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

Gountersigned F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents.

